VICTORIA: AMEN. I KNOW ALL HEAVEN IS CHEERING US ON. YOU MAY BE SEATED. IT IS SO GOOD TO BE IN THE HOUSE WITH THE LORD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. GOD HAS MADE US WORTHY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. SEE, WE DON’T HAVE TO FIND OUR WORTH IN ANYTHING BUT JESUS CHRIST. SEE, THAT’S WHERE WE NEED TO PLACE OUR IDENTITY, OUR VALUE, IS IN JESUS CHRIST.
BECAUSE THAT’S AN ETERNAL VALUE. WE CAN’T PLACE OUR VALUE IN TEMPORARY THINGS. WE HAVE TO PLACE OUR VALUE IN THE ETERNAL THINGS. SEE, JESUS OVERCAME SO THAT WE COULD OVERCOME. SEE, HE’S THE FORERUNNER. HE MADE A WAY. SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW HIS LEAD. HE KNOWS WHO HE IS AND HE BECAME EVERYTHING HE WAS CREATED TO BE. HE NOW SITS AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER.
SEE, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WITH. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS IN THIS WORLD THAT ARE TRYING TO STEAL OUR IDENTITY, OR WE’RE TRYING TO PUT OUR IDENTITY IN OTHER THINGS. MAYBE YOU KNOW A CELEBRITY THAT YOU WANT–DO YOU WANNA BE LIKE THEM OR YOU WANNA SEE WHAT THEY’RE DOING. YOU WANNA DO WHAT THEY’RE DOING.
BUT I’LL TELL YOU, THE GREATEST CELEBRITY THERE IS, IS JESUS CHRIST. AND THE ENEMY KNOWS THAT WE HAVE VALUE IN JESUS CHRIST. HE KNOWS WHAT HE’S UP AGAINST. HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS ON THIS EARTH. HE IS NOT ETERNAL. HIS DAYS ARE COMING TO AN END. HE ONLY HAS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME AND HE’S ON THAT TIME LIMIT, WORKING OVERTIME, TO TRY TO GET US OFF COURSE.
BUT SEE, HE HAS NO PLACE IN OUR LIFE. HE’LL NEVER STOP US. HE MAY SLOW US DOWN BUT HE’S NEVER GONNA STOP US BECAUSE WE ARE MARKED WITH A PURPOSE AND A DESTINY IN JESUS CHRIST. THAT’S THE GOOD NEWS TODAY. THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS TODAY. BUT HE DOES KNOW THIS AND SO HE’S ALWAYS TRYING TO GET US OFF COURSE AND I THINK ONE OF THE GREATEST TEMPTATIONS THAT HE USES IS TO PLACE A COUNTERFEIT ON OUR VALUE.
HE TRIES TO DECREASE OUR VALUE AND OUR WORTH. BECAUSE, SEE, HE KNOWS IF HE CAN TEAR DOWN OUR VALUE AND OUR WORTH, THAT IT WILL DETERIORATE OUR PURPOSE. SEE, THINK ABOUT THIS JUST A MINUTE. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING AND YOU TEAR IT DOWN AND IT HAS NO VALUE, YOU REALLY HAVE NO PURPOSE FOR IT. THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU CLEAN OUT YOUR CLOSET.
“WELL, I DON’T LIKE THIS ANYMORE. I GUESS I CAN JUST GIVE IT AWAY. IT HAS NO PURPOSE.” YOU BEGIN TO LOSE YOUR PURPOSE. AND SEE, IF YOU CAN LOSE YOUR PURPOSE, YOU WON’T SHINE BRIGHTLY ON THIS EARTH. SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE OF US. WE DON’T HAVE TO LOOK FOR OUR IDENTITY. WE CAN FIND IT IN JESUS CHRIST. WE CAN FIND OUR WORTH IN HIM.
IT’S AN EASY ANSWER BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE TIME TO FEED ON THE WORD OF GOD. WE HAVE TO TAKE TIME TO FEED ON THE CREATOR AND LET HIM BUILD UP OUR SPIRIT. YOU SEE, WE CAN’T FIND OUR STRENGTH IN OUR POSSESSIONS, IN THIS OUTER WORLD. WE HAVE TO FIND OUR STRENGTH IN OUR ETERNAL WORLD, IN OUR INNER WORLD. SEE, JESUS, IN MATTHEW 4, TELLS US THAT WHEN HE WAS JUST BAPTIZED, HE CAME UP FROM THE JORDAN RIVER.
A LOUD VOICE FROM GOD BOOMED FROM HEAVEN, A DOVE LANDED ON HIM TO REPRESENT THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND GOD SAID, “THIS IS MY SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED.” HE WAS ANOINTED THAT DAY WITH POWER AND MIGHT. HE WAS THE SON OF GOD AND THE WHOLE EARTH KNEW IT. HE WENT INTO A FAST, A DEEPER RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER.
